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New Delhi, March 31 Two men who were wanted in connection with a fatal stabbing and a series of knife attacks in southwest Delhi's Dabri were arrested after separate encounters with the police late Monday night, an officer said.The accused, identified as Rohit Kumar and Prem Sharma, were...

Ranchi, March 30 Police have arrested 10 members of a gang, which is alleged to have been involved in multiple cases of robbery across Ranchi in Jharkhand, officials said on Monday.Over the past two weeks, six cases have been registered against them at five police stations, SP (City) Parans...

Kolkata, March 29 – Four days after an attempted murder involving the shooting of a Trinamool Congress worker, the Gangarampur Police Station in South Dinajpur district arrested the prime accused, Babu Chowdhury, a local leader of the Trinamool Congress, on Sunday.The firearm used in the...

New Delhi, March 29 A court here has acquitted a man accused of attempting to murder a youth during a quarrel in northeast Delhi's Jafrabad area in 2020, saying that the prosecution failed to establish his identity as the assailant beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Kumar...

New Delhi, March 27 Two sharpshooters from the Tillu Tajpuria gang, wanted in a murder case, were arrested after a brief encounter with police in Rohini, outer Delhi, officials said on Friday.The encounter took place in Rohini Sector 28 during a Crime Branch operation when the accused...

Patna, March 24 – Panic gripped the Bhojpur district in Bihar on Tuesday after an indiscriminate firing took place in broad daylight at the Piro Registry Office, leaving five people injured, including a property dealer.The incident stemmed from a long-standing dispute over a land parcel...

New Delhi, March 24 An 18-year-old youth was arrested in northwest Delhi after a viral social media clip allegedly showed him displaying and firing an illegal pistol, an official said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Vikash alias Ballu, was apprehended following a targeted operation based...

New Delhi, March 23 An argument between two minors escalated into a violent confrontation, resulting in the stabbing of a teenager in the central Delhi area of Anand Parbat, an official said on Monday.The police have apprehended two individuals, aged around 15 years, and recovered the weapon...

Kolkata, March 22 – Ahead of the Assembly elections, a firearm with an expired license and live cartridges were recovered from the vehicle of a former Congress MLA in Malda district, West Bengal. Police arrested six individuals in connection with the incident.The arrested individuals were...

Hardoi, March 22 – A man accused of stealing oil from electrical transformers was arrested after an encounter with the police in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Sunday.In response to a rise in theft cases in the district, a joint team of police personnel from the Pali...

New Delhi, March 20 A day after a 30-year-old man was shot dead inside a shop attached to his residence in outer north Delhi's Bawana, police on Friday said the deceased had two criminal cases registered against him, and the murder could have been the fallout of a gang rivalry.They said the...

Chandigarh, March 19 In a joint operation by the Punjab Police and the Special Task Force of the Haryana Police, two alleged shooters involved in the murder of a property dealer here were apprehended following an exchange of fire in Kaithal, Haryana, on Thursday, officials said.The property...

Chandigarh, March 19 – In a major breakthrough, the Punjab Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in a joint operation with the Special Task Force of Haryana, arrested two shooters on Thursday in Chandigarh's Sector-9, who were involved in the murder of a property dealer, following a brief...

Amritsar, March 19 – The Punjab Police intensified its ongoing anti-drug and anti-gangster crackdown on Thursday under the 'Gangster Te War' campaign, conducting large-scale Cordon and Search Operations (CASO) in several districts including Barnala, Amritsar, and Hoshiarpur.Senior police...

Kolkata, March 18 – Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Kolkata Police have intensified measures to ensure strict law and order across the city, with a major focus on identifying and confiscating illegal firearms.Shortly after taking office as the new Commissioner of Police, Ajay Kumar Nand...

New Delhi, March 18 Three minors, including one who had recently been released on bail in a murder case, were apprehended in connection with the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in Ashok Vihar, northwest Delhi, over a past dispute, an official said on Wednesday.A PCR call on March 12 reported a...

Patna, March 15 – Demonstrating swift and coordinated action, the police in Bihar’s Saharsa district solved the high-profile murder case of Satish Jha, also known as Chhotu Mishra, within 36 hours of the crime on Sunday.The incident occurred on March 13 near Mira Talkies, under the...

Peshawar, March 15 Six terrorists were killed in a counter-terrorism operation in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, police said on Sunday.The joint operation, based on intelligence, was carried out by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and the Kohat district...

Birbhum (WB), March 15 A tribal woman was allegedly killed by being hacked to death over accusations of witchcraft in Birbhum district of West Bengal, police said on Sunday.The victim, identified as 70-year-old Churki Hembrom, was attacked with a heavy object and a sharp weapon, resulting in...

Chandigarh, March 15 – In a major breakthrough, the Punjab Police have busted two cross-border arms and drug smuggling modules and arrested six accused, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday, adding that six sophisticated pistols and 3.5 kg of heroin were recovered...